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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Bath and North East Somerset Council. Also known as B&NES, BathNES and BANES.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Bath and North East Somerset website
71,478 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 6 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land Between Bath New Road And Bristol Road, Bath New Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 9 Jul 202640 Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LD
Received 10 Jul 202640 Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LD
Received 10 Jul 202620 Prior Park Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NG
Received 10 Jul 202630 Gay Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PA
Received 10 Jul 202636 Manor Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3RJ
Received 10 Jul 202610 Springfield Place, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RA
Received 10 Jul 202610 Springfield Place, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RA
Received 10 Jul 202639 Boyd Road, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3AU
Received 13 Jul 20263 Oldfield Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3NA
Received 13 Jul 202625 Upper Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3JX
Received 13 Jul 20265 Bailbrook Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AH
Received 13 Jul 20265 Princes Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2ED
Received 13 Jul 2026Bay Tree House , The Barton, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9AJ
Received 13 Jul 202629 Audley Avenue, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BL
Received 13 Jul 202611 Bloomfield Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AB
Received 13 Jul 202632A Oldfield Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3ND
Received 13 Jul 2026The Coach House, 7 Walnut Drive, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3LZ
Received 13 Jul 2026Garages And Parking Area East Of 105, Kelston View, Whiteway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 13 Jul 2026Ridgewood House , Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AE
Received 13 Jul 2026Leigh Farm , Old Road, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4BA
Received 13 Jul 2026Church Farm , Church Lane, Priston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9EF
Received 13 Jul 2026Jubilee Centre , Lower Bristol Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9ES
Received 13 Jul 202673 To 93, Trajectus Way, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 13 Jul 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Bath and North East Somerset Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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